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Event:  Gateway Arch Officially Dedicated
Category:  Planning and Development
Brief Description:  The Gateway Arch was officially dedicated on May 25th, 1968. The dedication took place 34 years after the U.S. Congress had established a Federal Memorial Commission and 20 years after the 1948 architectural competition.
Year:  1968
Decade:  1960 - 1969
Beginning Date:     May. 25, 1968
Ending Date:     May. 25, 1968

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Arch,Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Gateway

 

 

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